Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Honoring and celebrating Reverend Frank M. Davis : 15th pastoral anniversary.
- Booklet created by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado celebrating fifteen years of service by Reverend Frank M. Davis.
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); Davis, Frank M.--pastor.; Clergy--Colorado--Denver.; Community churches--Colorado--Denver.; African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 2008 July
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 November
- Manitou Spring Pavilion
- Exterior view of the Soda Spring Pavilion looking north, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This ground level closeup affords an exceptional look at the open air pavilion on a busy midsummer noon, during which some 4,000 glasses of sparkling water were...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Vickers Cabin, Ferndale, Colo.
- Four women and two men pose in front of the Vickers home, which is nestled in an evergreen and Aspen forest in Ferndale, Colorado, in Jefferson County. One man stands with his hands in his pockets. Another woman sits on a bench, and the other...
- Vickers, W. B. Mrs.--Homes & haunts.; Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.
- [about 1895]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a dark horse in the left midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A group of Native Americans on horseback is gathered in the right midground watching Cody ride in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a dark horse in the left midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A group of Native Americans on horseback is gathered in the right midground watching Cody ride in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Death Valley Scott, with mustache
- A group of men, including "Death Valley Scott," rides horses in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The group includes an American cowboy (Scott), a Mexican vaquero, a Native American, and a Russian Georgian Cossack. They are members...
- Cossacks--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Gauchos--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Death Valley Scott.
- [1901]
- Trinity Echo: Volume IV, Number 10
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal Church -- Colorado -- Denver -- Periodicals.;...
- 1899 February
- Book of words of the festival opening of the great organ
- Program for a concert given at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888.
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888 December 21
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 17, 1914 June 13
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 20, 1913 July 26
- Colorado & Southern train stopped under high bridge Georgetown loop.
- Passengers and crew pose on and near Colorado & Southern Railway passenger train number 7 stopped beneath the high bridge (Devil's Gate Viaduct) on the Georgetown loop near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Well dressed men, women,...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Passengers.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad employees.; Streams.; Tourists.
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Building under construction
- A view of large brick building under construction in a field. The building has multiple stories, arched windows and curvilinear gables. In front of the building are horse drawn carriages, a hay stall, a large building with wood paneling and...
- Building construction--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Building under construction
- A view of large brick building under construction in a field. The building has multiple stories, arched windows and curvilinear gables. Piles of lumber and dirt are next to the building.
- Building construction--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Children under viaduct
- Boys (possibly Mexican American) pose under a viaduct or bridge in Denver, Colorado. They wear bib overalls and hats; utility poles and electric wires are in the background.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Denver - downtown area of city from dome of State Capitol building. View northwest. Pioneer Monument at Colfax and Broadway under construction
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows houses, businesses, the Arapahoe County Courthouse, the Brown Palace Hotel, and signs: "Moreys' Solitaire Coffee," "Saurman's Bona Fide bargains," "Overland Auto," and "YMCA." The Pioneer Monument is under...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- Fall, 1909
- Young boys peeking under tent
- A group of young boys lies on the ground peeking under a tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several additional boys walk near them. They are wearing knickers and caps. One boy lying on the ground in the center midground has a hole near the top...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boys--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Children peeking under tent
- A group of boys and girls peeks under a tent at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The boys wear knickers and caps while the girls wear skirts and hats. Two young girls stand in the right center midground smiling at the others. A woman in the right...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boys--1900-1910.; Girls--1900-1910.; Tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Auraria skyline Auraria Higher Education Center.
- North view of the Auraria Higher Education Center from the Parking and Transportation Center (PTC) at 7th and Lawrence Streets, Denver, Colorado. Shows the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway....
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Building construction.; Educational facilities.; Historic buildings.; Skyscrapers.; Student...
- 2009
- Eppie's Mexican Food
- View of Eppie's Mexican Food on Colorado HWY 160 in Pagosa Springs, CO. The restaurant is a converted school bus that serves Mexican food, signs on the top of the bus read: "Eppie's Mexican Food." A "closed" sign is in the window as well as a...
- Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; School buses.; Restaurants--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--Pictorial works.; School buses--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--Pictorial works.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1993
- Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota
- Mexican sugar beet workers, recruited by the Farm Security Administration to work in Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota, look out the window of a passenger train. The three men wear hats and have mustaches. Graffiti chalked on the train under the...
- Mexicans--1940-1950.; Agricultural laborers--Mexican.; Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Pictorial works.; Mexicans--Pictorial works.
- [1943 May]
- Bridge construction
- View under a bridge under construction in Silt (Garfield County), Colorado; a man stands by water, collapsed concrete pylons, and shoring.
- Silt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bridge at Silt
- View under a bridge under construction in Silt (Garfield County), Colorado; a man poses with a section of rebar by concrete and mud.
- Silt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bridge at Silt
- View under a bridge under construction in Silt (Garfield County), Colorado; a man works by concrete and mud.
- Silt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.; Mud--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Clear Creek Highway portal
- View of the entrance to a highway tunnel under construction on Highway 6 in Jefferson County or Clear Creek County, Colorado; a man stands under frame shoring.
- Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- A man stands on a ladder in a building under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows wooden rafters and an air vent under a gabled roof.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Federal Mint building construction
- View of the Federal Mint building under construction at West Colfax Avenue and Delaware Street in Denver, Colorado. The two-story, granite building has marble lunettes above arched and rectangular windows. A fence encircles the construction site, a...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1897 and 1899?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Portrait of a woman with rolled hair under a hat of gathered silk tulle and flowers. The woman wears a dress with a high collar and lace jabot, puffed under sleeves and a flared skirt.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- between 1891 and 1901
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view from Nob Hill of San Francisco, California. Shows the shell of Temple Emanuel on Sutter Street, the building has two towers, but is missing the onion domes that topped the towers. Shows the steel structure of a building under...
- Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Temple Emanuel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Hotels.; Ruins.; Synagogues.
- c1906
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view from Nob Hill of San Francisco, California. Shows the damaged dome of the Claus-Spreckles Building (known as the Call Tower), the Mutual Bank Building, the tall "birdcage" frame of the Whittell Building (then Union League Building),...
- Claus-Spreckles Building (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Mutual Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Whittell Building (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Office buildings.;...
- c1906
- Lake George. Typical camp life, Camp Iroquois at Glen Eyrie
- A woman rests in a hammock under shade trees and gazes out at Lake George while a male companion reads to her at Camp Iroquois in probably Warren County, New York. He sits in front of a canvas tent pitched on rock pillars. Shoes sit under the...
- George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)--1900-1910.; Warren County (N.Y.)--1900-1910.; Camps--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Hammocks--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Reading--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Tents--New...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Kansas City, depot platform
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, freight wagons sit under the umbrella sheds of the Union depot in Kansas City (Jackson County), Missouri. Two conductors walk under the sheds; trains sit on the track. Shows the tall slit...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Missouri--Kansas City--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Missouri--Kansas City--1900-1910.; Railroads--Missouri--Kansas City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Santa Fe, Corpus Christi Festival
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, onlookers and parade participants kneel as the Eucharist passes ahead on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico, during the feast of Corpus Christi. Parade...
- Corpus Christi Festival--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.; Spectators--New...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Nordhoff, Ojai Valley, Calif.
- A man stands in a broad dirt street under trees that line Ojai Avenue in Nordhoff (later Ojai), Ventura County, California. One-story commercial buildings line the street. A woman in a buggy sits under the sign for "A. E. Fr[?] Gro[cery]." Another...
- Nordhoff (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Commercial streets--California--Nordhoff--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Poncho, Colo.
- Reproduction shows lithographic bird's eye view of Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado, with tree lined streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings, and trains. Printed under image: "Published by J. J. Stoner, Madison, Wis. Beck & Pauli,...
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- St Elmo Colo. Bldg just above the "X" is the American house. White schoolhouse at extreme right, center. (this may be a copy from a Rocky Mtn views postcard photo).
- Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings and businesses lining dirt street. One building is either in ruins or under construction; the structure with the "X" drawn under it is the American House, a hotel. Saint Elmo was...
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Central City Opera House
- Patrons stand outside the Central City Opera House before a performance of Othello. The Central City Opera House, originally opened in 1878, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri"...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Looking toward downtown from west side of Cherry Creek
- An aerial view of Downtown Denver from the west side of Cherry Creek. Shows the Telephone Company under construction, the old Denver City Hall, Denver Auditorium and the State Capitol.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Downtown Denver looking west from State Capitol Dome
- View northwest over downtown Denver, Colorado, shows the Anaconda Tower under construction, the Security Life Building, World Trade Center under construction, Hilton, Petroleum Building, Colorado National Bank, YMCA, parking lots, Goodyear garage,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1979 April 5
- Barela block
- Exterior view of the Denver Hotel, also known as the Barela block, in Trinidad, Colorado. Under construction, the three-story building has a florid, corbelled and pedimented cornice. Light colored stone surrounds the structure between the floors....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Denver Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
- 1882
- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, includes tents, frame and log dwellings and commercial buildings dotting the flats next to the Blue River which winds up to and through town. The foothills of Boreas Mountain are in the left, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Marker on Fetterman monument
- Detail view the bronze plaque on the stone column marker commemorating the Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux fight against United States soldiers. Marker reads: "On this field on the 21st day of December, 1866, three commissioned officers and...
- Dakota Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Oglala Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Red Cloud's War,...
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Marker on Fetterman monument
- Detail view the bronze plaque on the stone column marker commemorating the Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux fight against United States soldiers. Marker reads: "On this field on the 21st day of December, 1866, three commissioned officers and...
- Dakota Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Oglala Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Red Cloud's War,...
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- County Hospital (was Charlie Sutton house) [graphic]
- Built as a residence for Charlie and Mary Sutton, the Summit County Hospital in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story, gable roofed, frame structure with a shed roofed side extension and a gable roofed addition in back. An open porch extends the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Breckenridge 1899
- The Denver Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story frame building with a half round window in the gable with "Hotel" lettered under it. A line of sash windows are under the letters, opening to the balcony, which has a snowman on it. Snow...
- Denver Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Lincoln Avenue winter of 1899
- On Lincoln Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west, are two-story, frame buildings behind piles of snow. One has a line of sash windows on the second floor, the other has lettering on the second floor reading "Kaiser's Market." A man on skis...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Georgetown House
- Exterior view of the Georgetown House, in Georgetown, Colorado. Four women in long dresses stand on boardwalk under the veranda supported by decorative scroll brackets. The dresses have full skirts, long sleeves and prints of flowers, and plaids....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Georgetown House (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1885 and 1892]
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Conejos
- Inscription on brass plaque reads: "This tablet is the property of the State of Colorado. D.O.M. June 10, 1958. This tract was selected by Bishop Machebeuf, for the first permanent church in Colorado. Here was built A. Jacal (Picket) church, later...
- Our Lady of Guadalupe (Church : Conejos, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Conejos (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Conejos--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Workmen, 14th Street Viaduct
- Two workmen pose under a bridge on the South Platte River in Denver (Denver County) Colorado. One man wears a hat, work pants, boots and suspenders. The other man wears a hat, a pair of denim overalls and work boots. Cables hang from under the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo.and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- July 1899